The nondecussating pathway of the dentatorubrothalamic tract in humans: human connectome-based tractographic study and microdissection validation.

Meola, Antonio; Comert, Ayhan; Yeh, Fang-Cheng; Sivakanthan, Sananthan; Fernandez-Miranda, Juan C

Meola, Antonio; Comert, Ayhan; Yeh, Fang-Cheng; Sivakanthan, Sananthan; Fernandez-Miranda, Juan C.

Affiliation

Meola A; Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center;
Comert A; Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pisa, Italy; and.
Yeh FC; Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center;
Sivakanthan S; Department of Anatomy, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Fernandez-Miranda JC; Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;

J Neurosurg ; 124(5): 1406-12, 2016 May.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26452117

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Brain Stem/anatomy & histology; Brain Stem/surgery; Cerebellar Nuclei/anatomy & histology; Cerebellar Nuclei/surgery; Connectome; Dominance, Cerebral/physiology; Efferent Pathways/anatomy & histology; Efferent Pathways/surgery; Microdissection; Neural Pathways/anatomy & histology; Neural Pathways/surgery; Red Nucleus/anatomy & histology; Red Nucleus/surgery; Thalamus/anatomy & histology; Thalamus/surgery; Adult; Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Extremities/innervation; Female; Humans; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; Male; Nerve Fibers/physiology; Nerve Fibers/ultrastructure

Key words

18FDG = 18-fluoro-deoxyglucose; DN = dentate nucleus; DRT = dentatorubro tract; DRTT = dentatorubrothalamic tract; HCP = Human Connectome Project; HCP-488 = HCP 488-subject template; ICP = inferior cerebellar peduncle; LL = lateral lemniscus; MCP = middle cerebellar peduncle; RN = red nucleus; ROI = region of interest; SCP = superior cerebellar peduncle; anatomy; dentate nucleus; fMRI = functional MRI; fiber dissection; fiber tractography; fiber tracts; nd-DRT = nondecussating DRT; nd-DRTT = nondecussating DRTT; rTMS = repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; red nucleus; thalamus

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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Thalamus / Brain Stem / Red Nucleus / Cerebellar Nuclei / Microdissection / Dominance, Cerebral / Efferent Pathways / Connectome / Neural Pathways Language: En Journal: J Neurosurg Year: 2016 Type: Article

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